Bauman's Challenge: Sociological Issues for the 21st Century - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230221343 ISBN 13: 9780230221345

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

This unique and original collection by internationally renowned scholars uses critical engagements with Zygmunt Bauman's sociology to understand the challenges that face globalized human societies at the start of the 21st century. Includes a concluding chapter by Bauman.

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About the Author

Zygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. Peter Beilharz is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology at La Trobe University, Australia. Tony Blackshaw teaches social and cultural studies in sport and leisure at Sheffield Hallam University, UK Tom Campbell is a final year doctoral candidate in the Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds, UK. Mark Davis is Lecturer in Sociology and Director of the Bauman Institute at the University of Leeds, UK. Mark Featherstone is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Keele University, UK Kieran Flanagan is Reader in Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK Stjepan G. Mestrovic is Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University, USA John O'Neill is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at York University, Toronto, Canada William Outhwaite studied at the Universities of Oxford and Sussex, where he taught for many years. He is now Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK Abby Peterson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Paul A. Taylor is Senior Lecturer in Communications Theory at the University of Leeds, UK Keith Tester is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hull, UK Chris Till is a final year doctoral candidate at the University of Leeds, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230221343
• ISBN 13: 9780230221345
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 225
• Editor: Davis M., Tester K.